Chapter 489 The stock market fluctuates, and Chinas EUV lithography machine comes out!
Thursday, April 30th.
On the last day before the May Day holiday, Tenda quickly reached an investment framework agreement on Qinghe Group’s strategic investment in Tenda Video. Both parties jointly agreed——
Tenda Video is valued at 25 billion in this round. Qinghe Group plans to invest 1.25 billion to obtain 5% of Tenda Video's equity and become one of Tenda Video's major shareholders.
The investment agreement also comes with a supplementary clause -
"After Qinghe Group's strategic investment in Tenda Video is completed, the two parties will reach strategic cooperation in the field of secondary creation copyright of film and television dramas to achieve mutual benefit and win-win results."
It is almost exactly the same as the previous Qiyi video.
Since the holiday is coming soon, netizens are more concerned about where to go during the holiday. This news did not cause any waves on the Internet, but only attracted the attention of colleagues.
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Ahri Headquarters.
"Qinghe Group is investing in Qiyi Video and Tenda Video. What exactly do they want to do?" Since the last defeat, the uncle has become more and more concerned about Bu Ya's every move.
The President's Office was even asked to assign a dedicated person to collect news and updates related to Germination.
As for what he wants to do, no one knows.
"As far as I understand, it should be for Qinghe Group's short video business to reserve the film and television drama copyright library in advance to avoid subsequent copyright disputes." Whatever the boss is concerned about, Ren Xiaoyao naturally has to understand.
It has already been investigated clearly.
"Then why doesn't Qinghe Group contact uku?" the uncle asked knowingly.
"Well……"
Ren Xiaoyao was also embarrassed and said with a wry smile: "Maybe we should contact each family."
"Even if we are contacted, we cannot cooperate with Qinghe Group." Although Ali has not fully acquired uKu, it is the controlling shareholder of uKu. Naturally, it has absolute say in this matter.
The uncle still holds grudges to this day.
After the last verdict, Ali was not only fined a huge amount, but also had to allow its apps such as Mobao and Black Cat to access Weixin Payment, and even opened up the logistics ecosystem of Benniao Network.
This is enough to make the uncle feel aggrieved. He really doesn’t want to have anything to do with Mei Ya anymore.
"What I'm more worried about is that Qinghe Group has successively invested in Qiyi Video and Tenda Video. In the future, if Qinghe Group coordinates and allows these two companies to unite in copyright procurement, I am afraid it will be detrimental to us." Ren Xiaoyao reminded.
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In today's Chinese Internet circle, Qinghe Group is unique in terms of influence and profitability. It definitely has the capital and resources to promote certain things.
For example, suppress the Ahri family.
Not to mention, behind Qinghe Group, there is still a towering tree like Sprout Group.
Who wouldn’t be frightened when encountering it?
In previous business competitions, except for last year’s Double Eleven, which was a small defeat on Xixi, at any other time, from logistics to local life services, the Bu Ya series actually outperformed the Ali series.
However, the failure of the Double Eleven event directly triggered an investigation into Ahri, which resulted in Ahri being fined.
Therefore, looking back now, it is really difficult to say that Pin Xixi was really defeated.
The fact is that since Ahli lost the lawsuit, the growth rate of Mobao's new registered users and daily active users has slowed down significantly. In contrast, Pinxixi's new registered users and daily active users have been increasing steadily.
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The gap between the two sides continues to narrow.
Although Ahri has launched challenges to the Budding Group in the fields of social networking, fresh food, office software and other fields, it has basically not been able to break out of the circle and can only wander within the scope of Ahri's ecosystem.
In fact, it was considered a failure.
Now, looking at the situation of Qinghe Group, it seems that there are signs of extending its tentacles into the large entertainment field. Even if it does not end in person, it can indirectly affect Qiyi Video and Tenda Video.
Plus unique Xiami music.
In a sense, Qinghe Group is already qualified to challenge Ali's large entertainment business.
"there is always a solution to a problem."
Compared to Ren Xiaoyao's worries, the uncle is very domineering, "I still don't believe it. Can Zhang Shuo be a god or something? Could it be that we can't beat him happily?!"
"What we need to do now is to start negotiations with uKu as soon as possible, fully acquire UKu as soon as possible, complete privatization and delisting, and not give Qinghe Group the opportunity to intervene in UKu."
Although Ali was fined, after all, the family has a great business and its foundation is still there, and it still has funds to continue business expansion and acquisitions.
Even if the capital chain is temporarily tight, relying on Ahri's goodwill and the uncle's connections in the business circle, enough funds can be raised in the shortest time for the acquisition of uKu.
"Qinghe Group's recent actions reminded me——"
"In the future, we need to arrange for someone to keep an eye on the short video app owned by Qinghe Group. It's called Moyin, right? Whenever there is any second-generation content from movies and TV shows that UKu owns the copyright to, we will sue Qinghe Group for infringement."
Originally, I said that the uncle had no idea about the secondary copyright of film and television dramas, but since Qinghe Group wants to pretend to be aloof and respect copyright, it does not prevent Ah Li from using this to join the Qinghe Group.
How noble!!!
"Understood."
Although Ren Xiaoyao agreed, he didn't agree with it in his heart and continued to fight against Mo Yao.
Why bother?
Isn’t it delicious just to have a little fight and make a lot of money?
But since it was the big boss who had spoken, Ren Xiaoyao had no choice but to obey. Anyway, he had already reminded him of what needed to be reminded, and he had fulfilled his duties as a professional manager.
I can't care about anything else at the moment.
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Desperate Headquarters.
When I learned that Qinghe Group had successfully invested in Tenda Video, in addition to Ali, another company that had a big reaction was Besi, one of the current major players in the video industry.
In a sense, the film and television drama library of Beishi is actually larger than that of Qiyi Video and Tenda Video. Beishi was also the first company in China to implement genuine procurement of film and television dramas, so it got the first share of the pie and earned the second profit.
A pot of gold.
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After the tragedy of the original time and space, the remaining employees were living very well just from the copyright income from the TV series "The Legend of Zhen Huan".
It's really enviable.
"So, why doesn't Qinghe Group seek cooperation with us?"
Zhen Yaoting, the founder of Beishi, is a little puzzling. You must know that right now is the time when Beishi is at its peak.
The market value once exceeded 160 billion.
In contrast, the valuations of Qiyi Video and Tenda Video invested by Qinghe Group are around 20 to 30 billion at this time, which is not pessimistic enough at all.
Of course my family knows their own affairs.
Zhen Yaoting knew very well that the capital chain of Bei Wang was already very fragile and could collapse at any time.
Under such circumstances, Zhen Yaoting welcomed Qinghe Group's investment in Pessim and then relied on the towering tree of Sprout Group.
Maybe it can alleviate the crisis of despair?
Thinking of this, Zhen Yaoting couldn't sit still and decided to take the initiative. He immediately arranged for someone to contact Qinghe Group and welcomed Qinghe Group to participate in the financing of Beishi Video.
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Monday, May 4th.
It is really difficult to fully enjoy a three-day vacation.
After the time entered May, the national stock market seemed to have entered the craziest period. The rising stock price of Besset is the best evidence. Many media have even promoted the founder of Besset, Zhen Yaoting, to the sky.
It will even be regarded as another powerful challenger to the three giants of the Internet.
But only Zhang Shuo knows that when the stock market is at its craziest, it often means that the precursor to a crisis has arrived. Unfortunately, ordinary investors in the situation subconsciously hope that the stock price will rise again, and do not think that they will be
The last one to take over.
It's like a game of drumming and passing flowers.
No one thinks they will lose until the drums stop beating.
In addition to the stock gods, after entering May, the Chinese Internet is the most lively and the most sensational, but it is another news——
Huaxia Microelectronics officially announced that its first self-developed EUV lithography machine has been assembled and assembled. The lithography machine can be used for advanced process chip foundry of 28 nanometers and above.
As soon as the news came out, the entire Internet was in a frenzy.
"Ah? Did I hear it correctly? Huaxia Microelectronics has created an EUV lithography machine?"
"It's a bit fantasy, no, it's magic."
"It sounds a bit fake. It's not fake news to deceive people, right?"
"How is it possible? The authoritative media have stopped reporting it. It must be true."
"It's also possible that Huaxia Microelectronics is making up a story. It's obvious that it just created an empty shell, or it purchased parts from overseas and assembled it, and then quietly put its own brand on it."
Many companies do this kind of thing.
It’s no wonder that netizens don’t believe it. In fact, before this, many people may not have even heard of China Microelectronics, and the EUV lithography machine has been so amazing by the media before.
Just say——
Except for overseas giant Esmail, there is no other company in the world that can manufacture EUV lithography machines.
result.
This century-old problem has been solved by Huaxia Microelectronics, which was founded just over three years ago.
Who believes it?
"According to this, the EUV lithography machine seems to be not as mysterious as the previous media boasted. Isn't it just a machine? China wanted to build it, but it just built it."
"It's really not the case. If you know more about it, you will know how difficult it is to manufacture EUV lithography machines. Even Esmail is actually playing the role of an assembly factory. Many core components are from
Europa, Meiliguo, Japan and other major suppliers.”
"It is no exaggeration to say that Esmail is one of the crystallizations of the Western semiconductor industry."
"Then why was it created by Huaxia Microelectronics?"
"I don't know. As a person working in the semiconductor industry, my first reaction when I saw the news was - I wonder, has someone traveled through time? This is incredible. It's just cheating."
The more you are an industry insider, the more incredible you will be about this matter.
It’s not just Chinese netizens.
After the news came out, semiconductor-related companies around the world were severely shaken. It was tantamount to a major earthquake in the industry.
Especially for Esmail.
"What? How is it possible? No, no, no, this must be theft!!!"
This was the first reaction of those people. They simply did not believe that Huaxia Microelectronics could conquer a complete set of EUV lithography machine manufacturing technology in such a short period of time.
And even if you have the technology, some parts are difficult to manufacture.
can only say--
They greatly underestimated the level of excellence of Chinese craftsmen, which is truly a crouching tiger, hidden dragon.
After all, there is tradition.
Compared with Esmail's confusion, the market reaction was more real. On the day the news came out, Esmail's stock price took a plunge, and by the close of trading, it fell 8.9%.
Obviously, with the addition of a new player like China Microelectronics, Esmail has suddenly lost its "only" status, and its future revenue prospects have been cast a heavy shadow.
Especially this challenger comes from China.
Anyone who works in the industrial circle knows that whenever a technology or product is broken by a Chinese company, it basically means a big price plunge is coming.
EUV lithography machines are naturally no exception.
In particular, China owns semiconductor giants such as Daosui Group and Tai Electromechanical. It is not only the world's most important chip manufacturing base, but also an important player on the chip demand side, which further weakens Esmail's competitiveness.
Think of the worst.
Once China Microelectronics achieves new technological breakthroughs in EUV lithography machine technology and completely catches up with Esmail's technological gap, it will basically mean that Esmail will lose the Chinese market.
Once the Chinese market is lost, it is basically equivalent to losing two-thirds of the market.
It can be said that Esmail's future is bleak.
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It is impossible to get a share of the pie.
This makes people think that in December 2013, in order to digest EUV lithography machine technology, Huaxia Microelectronics took out 18% of its equity for Series B financing.
However, at that time, most investors were not optimistic about China Microelectronics and did not accept the investment opportunities that came to their doorsteps.
On the contrary, it took advantage of the Sprout Group and subscribed for 10% of the equity in one fell swoop, becoming one of the major shareholders of China Microelectronics and the biggest winner of that round of financing.
“Very efficient!”
As the driving force behind this incident, Zhang Shuo actually did not expect that in just the past year and a half, Huaxia Microelectronics had initially completed the digestion of EUV lithography machine technology.
Still very cool.
Zhang Shuo originally expected that it would take two to three years no matter what, but it turned out to be half the time ahead of schedule.
It can be seen that after Huaxia Microelectronics obtained EUV lithography machine technology, it was also worried about long nights and many dreams, and concentrated all resources to overcome various technical difficulties day and night.
During this period, I don’t know how many engineers, technicians and craftsmen worked silently behind the scenes.
This is China!
Zhang Shuo is also very lucky that he did not "appropriate" the EUV lithography machine technology for himself, but gave it to Huaxia Microelectronics. Otherwise, even with a budding system, he would not be able to achieve this level.
It can be seen that there are also specializations in the art industry.
After reading the news, Zhang Shuo got up and went to the small conference room next door.
At the meeting, Senior Vice President Lu Qi was the first to report, "Chairman, Anshi Video took the initiative to contact us and said that Qinghe Group is welcome to participate in the financing of Anshi Video. Do you want to agree?"
"As far as I know, Beishi's copyright library of film and television dramas is still very rich." Lu Qi added.
Apparently he is also inclined to agree.
After all, Qinghe Group has already invested in Qiyi Video, Tenda Video, and Beishi Video. If you want to invest, just invest in Quanchu.
This may be related to the subsequent copyright cooperation for film and television dramas.
"Disappointed? Let's forget it."
Others don't know it clearly, but Zhang Shuo knows it all too well. The current despair is like a huge thunder.
The kind that could explode at any time.
Even for the copyrights of those film and television dramas that Yan Yan is obsessed with, we have to wait until the tragedy comes and then acquire them at a lower price, rather than entering the market at a high price now.
Isn't that stupid?
"???"
Seeing that the big boss was so decisive, Lu Qi couldn't help it.
why?
Seeing this, Zhang Shuo had no choice but to explain: "I got the news and I'm sad that the expansion in the past one or two years has been too radical. We are manufacturing mobile phones and cars. The pie is too big and the capital chain can't keep up."
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"So that's it." Lu Qi suddenly realized.
Comparing the development process of the sprout, if you think about it carefully, the expansion of despair does seem very abnormal.
The reason why Sprout Group is able to manufacture mobile phones is because before it built mobile phones, Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment had already emerged in the gaming field and had a powerful hematopoietic machine.
Later, when it was time to build new energy vehicles, Maili Mobile had already achieved profitability.
On the other hand, pessimistically, the mobile phone business is in a mess. It basically relies on "replenishing membership and giving mobile phones" to increase sales. Compared with Maili mobile phone, it is simply a world of difference.
It’s strange that there is no real profit point in Beishi, but it follows the example of Sprout and expands massively, and the capital chain continues.
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Compared with the Germination series, which is engaged in research and development in a down-to-earth manner, Sadness seems to be better at telling stories.